debtor

Example Sentences

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The state does not notify a person when a lien names them as the debtor, allowing fake filings to remain in California’s public database for years before a victim discovers them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

They will then understand the chit as worthless, which must mean the exclusion of the debtor from the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Those failed attempts have made Argentina the International Monetary Fund’s largest debtor, with more than $41 billion currently owed to the IMF.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Pakistan has taken more than 20 loans from the IMF since 1958 and is currently its fifth-largest debtor.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

As a former foreign minister now serving as secretary of state, Jefferson required no instruction on the international implications of Americas debtor status.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis